Frank Acri: Local bowler notches two rare accomplishments in one series

Published 11:18 pm, Sunday, December 9, 2012

Nov. 29, 2012, turned out to be a night of firsts for Tom Dorr, and while unconfirmed, it might also have been a night when bowling history was made.

You see, Tom rolled his first career perfect game in his first game on the 29th, but he did not stop there. After rolling 14 consecutive strikes (12 in the perfecto and two to start the second game), Tom left the ubiquitous 7-10 split.

But on this night, Tom was undaunted. He converted this near impossible leave and continued to a 224 game. The 28-year-old rolled a 180 in his last game, but it did not matter. Only in his fifth season at Lore's, Tom may have already made history in the first two games by combining a 300 with a 7-10 conversion in the same series.

Having spent five seasons in the junior program at Brookfield Lanes, Tom has certainly made his mark in the local record books. In all my years of writing this column -- going on 20 -- I have never heard of anyone pairing these two achievements in the same set. If someone has done it, please let me know so I can set the record straight, but for now I will give Tom credit for having been the first in the local association to perform on this level.

While my email to the USBC to find out if this has ever been done in bowling history went unanswered, I would prevail upon Tom and the powers in the local association to pursue this matter until it is definitely known if this is a bowling first. Maybe Tom has put the Danbury Association, and himself, on the bowling map.

In the meantime, congratulations to Tom for this remarkable achievement.

In other great bowling at Lore's Lanes in the last couple of weeks, in the Bub Carman Memorial, Mike Ottley had a 280 game, Tasha Moffett a 203 game, Fred Meyer pitched a 300 and a 739 series and Alvaro Lucio had a 168 and a 471 series with a 113 average.

In the Wednesday Mixed, Steve Sturges had a 278 game, Jason Stuff a 252 game and Joe Ciarletta a 278 game. In the Choose Your Prize, Laura Cookfair had a 182 game (117 average) and Steve Perlah a 245 game. In the Lore's Ladies, Cynde Valentine had a nice 645 series

And at Brookfield Lanes, Mario Paxinos added another great game to his resume, this time a 299 effort.

Congrats to our good friend Nelson Burton Jr. on his latest 300 game in the Wednesday League at Stuart Lanes in Florida. The 300 followed a 299 effort from the week before. He should start doing this at The Strike-a-thon.